I'm moving part of my blog, that is. After due consideration, I have decided to move all of my opinion pieces to a new blog, titled "Sasha V's Sesquipedalian Soliloquies," where I will be writing under the name "Alexander the Varangian," which I have hinted at before. For the record, "Karel Janáček" is just a…
Random Thoughts, Collection 9: Love is the Root of All Conflict
If you wish to avoid conflict, never attempt to damage, defraud, defame, debunk, or deprive a person of that which they hold most dear. Sadly, when two individuals have inherently conflicting desires, conflict is inevitable. Before I get into this, I must explain what I mean by "love." The Ancient Greeks had several words for…
One Project Down…
...and who knows how many more to go. I finally completed my tractor canopy project a few days ago, and today, I uploaded the third and final video to BitChute. I shared photos from each stage of the construction on Hive, so feel free to check those out and see what notes I had to…
Where Am I?
As my workload becomes more varied, I find myself having to move back and forth between my 3D print shop (and likely future location of the foundry) and my machine shop. This wouldn't be a problem, except that my machine shop is in Pennsylvania, and my 3D print shop is in Maryland. Travel between them…
Back in the Shop!
Recently, I had my first machining job in a very long time. I won't go into details, but since my customer is connected with me on LinkedIn (you know who you are, thank you for the work), I'll add any comments that may show up in my feed over there. It's a bit awkward, so…
Where Have I Been?!
Short answer: at home, up to my eyeballs in work. Fortunately, I have a bit of a reprieve today, since I'm waiting on a tool I need for my next job. So, what have I been doing? Well, in addition to desperately trying to keep up with trimming the vegetation, a task made damn near…
How Politics Ruined Public Education
It's been a while since I wrote anything on the topic of education, and I have other projects that I need to stop putting off, but when thoughts get in my head, I feel compelled to write them down. The current "trigger," as I might call it, was an interview with Dr. E. Michael Jones…
Projects: Old, New, Cancelled, In-Progress, Pending, Delayed, and WHY
I've had quite a few projects over the past few years, some of which I've had to either put on the back burner, so to speak, or cancel entirely. Some of these I'm determined to get back to eventually, but that may be years from now, while others I'm glad to be rid of. Meanwhile,…
Kaja's Kreations 